Qualifications of Appraiser
Phyllis Twigg Hatcher

Phyllis Twigg Hatcher has an A.B. degree from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA and a M.Ed. degree from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA. She has been trained and tested as a certified appraiser by the American Quilter's Society Appraiser Certification Program in Paducah, KY and is a member of the Professional Association of Appraisers - Quilted Textiles. Phyllis completed the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's three credit graduate course "History of Quilts". She also appraises woven coverlets.

Phyllis is the author of The Victorian Redwork Sampler Quilt and has published articles in the Quilting Quarterly magazine of the National Quilting Association and Quilters Newsletter. Phyllis was the curator of several quilt exhibits such as "Small and Smaller: 100 Years of Crib Quilts and Doll Quilts" (with Judi Gunter) at the Vermont Quilt Festival and Quilter's Hall of Fame and "More Is Better" at two national quilts shows. She is past president of both the Annapolis Quilt Guild and Baltimore Appliqué Society and is currently serving on committees of the Quilters' Hall of Fame in Marion, Indiana. Phyllis lectures on quilt history and teaches quilting classes and workshops.

Phyllis Twigg Hatcher currently appraises at large and small quilt show venues including Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival in Hampton, Virginia (February); Quilters' Heritage Celebration in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (April); American Quilter's Society Show in Paducah, Kentucky (April); Annapolis Quilt Show in Maryland (June), Quilt Odyssey in Hershey, Pennsylvania (July); and the Pennsylvania National Quilt Extravaganza in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (September).

 

Phyllis Twigg Hatcher
1410 Colonial Manor Court
Annapolis, MD 21409
Phyllis2775@hotmail.com